Chitty Chitty Bang Bang continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 13 September 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Watermill has continued to set benchmarks for regional theatre and Paul Hart’s production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is no exception.
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Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2025
We have asked Musical Theatre Review’s brilliantly talented team of expert critics, based across the UK, to name one particular show that made the biggest impression on them during the last 12 months.
The Little Mermaid – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
The Little Mermaid continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 4 January 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It is reflective in its truth yet successfully intertwines the wistful longing of wanting to experience another world.
Jesus Christ Superstar – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Jesus Christ Superstar continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 21 September 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The actor-musicianship, outstanding as we have come to expect from the Watermill, is sublimely woven into the fabric of the production.
Piaf – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Piaf continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 17 May 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It is, without a doubt, a pleasure to hear the songs that made Edith Piaf’s legacy live on 60 years after her death.
Pinocchio – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Pinocchio continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 5 January 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Every scene is so credible that we immerse ourselves fully in Pinocchio’s adventures.
Barnum – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Barnum continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 8 September 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Don’t be a sucker, get tickets while you can and enjoy this exuberant revival at the Watermill.
Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 16 March 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
The Wizard of Oz – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
The Wizard of Oz continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 31 December 2024. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩
The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 15 October 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2022
A selection of Musical Theatre Review critics were asked to choose their ‘show of the year’ although, as you can see, some struggled to pick just one.
Othello – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Othello continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 15 October 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ If anyone could be super creative with a Shakespearean tragedy, it has to be the Watermill. Shakespeare’s plays were written in a time when they were meant to be performed rather than read and if any student […]
Our Man in Havana – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Our Man in Havana continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 21 May 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Cabaret has swept the Oliviers, Bonnie and Clyde has crossed the Pond to open at the Arts with a ready-made fan base and Our Man in Havana is enjoying its premiere at the Watermill; […]
Five Questions With: George Maguire
Olivier Award winner GEORGE MAGUIRE is playing the title role in Rhys Jennings and Darren Clark’s The Wicker Husband at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor (and will reprise the part of as Buck Barrow in the West End premiere of the cult-favourite Bonnie and Clyde The Musical at the Arts Theatre from 9 April 2022). George won the […]
The Wicker Husband – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
The Wicker Husband continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 26 March 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ One can only assume that fate has played a manipulative role in The Wicker Husband, finally having its long-awaited run at the Watermill Theatre this month. From the first reading of writers Rhys Jennings and […]
Cast and creatives for Watermill’s Our Man In Havana
The Watermill has confirmed full casting and the creative team for the world premiere of the new musical version of Graham Greene’s classic novel Our Man In Havana. Originally programmed as part of the popular Newbury venue’s spring 2020 season and postponed due to the pandemic, the musical inspired by Greene’s 1950s spy satire will […]
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2021
At the end of each year Musical Theatre Review news editor Angela Thomas normally puts together a round-up of all the shows that have received four and five star reviews during the last 12 months, but this year we thought a different approach might be more appropriate. For a start, MTR wants to congratulate all […]
The Jungle Book – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
The Jungle Book continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 31 December 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Recently, themes of acceptance and finding one’s place in society have never been more discussed, dissected and dramatised. When Jamie Campbell invited a production crew to film his attendance at his school prom […]
Just So – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Just So continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 4 September 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Sitting in the shade of a sycamore on a sun-kissed afternoon in the divine garden setting of the Watermill Theatre is as good as life gets and even if the multi-tasking actor-musos had been singing the […]
Just So – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Just So continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 4 September 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The third and final production of this outdoor summer season on the Lawn continues to bear witness to the Watermill’s views on sustainability, diversity, ecology and everything that has come into sharper focus since […]
As You Like It – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
As You Like It continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 24 July 2021. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It is often still disputed that Shakespeare is timeless, universal and employs complexities of themes that are still relevant today. Is his writing of a certain time and place or is it multi-faceted and layered […]
Musical Theatre Review critics offer their Top 5 theatre picks from 2020
As each year draws to a close, Musical Theatre Review usually pulls together a round-up of all the productions covered that have received four and five star reviews. After such an extraordinary year, during which any production staged has been a triumph over adversity, such an approach seemed inappropriate. Instead, I asked a small group […]
A Christmas Carol – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
A Christmas Carol continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 3 January 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There have been so many versions of A Christmas Carol both on stage and screen, some with big star names and even bigger budgets, but this production at the Watermill proves that less […]
Camelot – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Camelot continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 5 September 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As regional theatres go, the Watermill is in an unique position to offer its audiences some escapism during this Covid-19 pandemic which has ravaged our theatre industry. Set in beautiful gardens with the River Lambourn running through […]
